Explaining plant size to customers?

[huntoften]

Last year was my first year of selling seedlings. I just sell them directly from my greenhouse and had a blast meeting new folks. I actually broke even on gardening costs last year! Whoohoo!

One thing I noticed was that my customers had two completely different schools of thought on plant size. Some wanted the largest plants possible because they thought they would produce earlier and have a higher chance of survival. Others wanted small stocky plants with lots of roots.

Who is right, who is wrong or are both ok? I plan on having some large plants to sell (more $ for those), but the majority will be anywhere from 4-10 inches tall with lots of roots.

I always tell them to pinch off the bottom set or two of leaves and plant as deep as possible...they are fascinated when I show them how the hairs on the stem become roots.